TIMAUID/E. 
Genus MALACOCINCLA Blyth. 1 
Malacocincla abbotti" Blyth, Abbott's Brown Babbler, 
Malacocincla abbotti abbotti Blyth. 
Malacocincla A bboiti Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc, Bengal* xiv, 1845, 
p. 601 : Arakan. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula (south to about Penang), 
Malacocincla abbotti olivacea (Strick,). 
Xlalacopteron olivaceum Strickland, Proc. Z00L Soc. for 1846, 1S47, 
p. 102 : Malacca, 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula (south from Penang). 
Sumatra. 
Malacocincla abbotti biittikoferi i’insch. 
Malacocincla Buttikoferi Finsch, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxii, 1901, p. 
218 : South-east Borneo. 
Distr . — Borneo. 
’'‘Malacocincla abbotti eritora Oberh, 
Malacocincla abbotti eritora Oberholser, Smiths. Mise. Coll, Ixxiv, 
2, 1922, p, 11 : Billiton Island, 
Distr, — Billiton Island. 
Malacocincla abbotti baweana Oberh, 
Malacocincla abbotti baweana Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. lii* 
1917, p. 194 : Bawean Island. 
Distr.— Bawean Island, Java Sea. 
^Malacocincla abbotti airensis Oberh. 
Malacocincla abbotti sirensis Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat, Mus. liv, 
1917, p, 195 : 
Distr.— Mata Siri Island, Java Sea. 
Malacocincla septaria (Horsf.).J Horsfield’s Brown Babbler. 
Malacocincla septaria sepiana (Horsf.). 
Brachypteryx se piano Horsfield, Trans, Linn, Soc, xiii, 1821, p, 
1 58 : West Java. 
Distr , — Java (not east). 
t A form of Malaeocincla is said to occur in the Rhio Archipelago, It is 
most likely M. a. olivacea (Strick.). Short revision : Chas. and Kl., Bull. 
Raffles Mus, 4, 1930, p. 71, 
a Several names {hypoides, eoncreta j fyca, sch-waneri) originally applied 
to specimens in the Leyden Museum, refer either to this species, or to 
M. sepiana. Fortunately they seem to be nomina nuda in all citations. 
3 This distinct species is confused with M. abbotti in Faun. Brit. Ind. 
(2nd ed,). 
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